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A mysterious Rahul appears to have been the prime target of Chicago resident David Coleman Headley,nabbed by the FBI for planning to carry out a major terror attack in India this month at the behest of Pakistan-based LeT.
Headley,arrested earlier this month,had made several trips to India and intended to stay in the country for some time to execute the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) plans,according to US investigators.
According to an affidavit filed by FBI in a Chicago court,Headley in an e-mail on July 8 to a senior LeT leader,who has been identified as LeT individual A,said: I think when we get a chance we should revisit our last location again and say Hi to Rahul.
Headley has stated that the reference was to Rahul,a prominent Indian actor,the FBI said in its complaint.
Intelligence sources in New Delhi discounted speculation that the reference could have been to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In such cases,US security agencies immediately alert their Indian counterparts and there had been no such alert,the sources said.
